Monday, May 28, 2012

FOXNews.com: Fallen Marine's Letter Marks Memorial Day in Kabul

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Fallen Marine's Letter Marks Memorial Day in Kabul
May 28th 2012, 08:54

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has observed Memorial Day by reading a letter written by an American soldier to his family before he died earlier this year.

Gen. John Allen said during a ceremony Monday in Kabul that the words of his fellow Marine, Sgt. William Stacey, speak for all fallen troops.

The 23-year-old Stacey told his family it would be worth giving his life for the safety of an Afghan child who may one day change the world.

Stacey was killed by a homemade bomb while on a foot patrol in southern Helmand province on January 31.

At least 1,851 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, according to the latest Associated Press count

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